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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Help me understand why choosing the nominee who lost the delegate and popular vote is "democracy" [View all]kerry-is-my-prez
(8,133 posts)69. If you didn't know better, you'd think "another angry white man"
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Help me understand why choosing the nominee who lost the delegate and popular vote is "democracy" [View all]
hill2016
Jun 2016
OP
so you know best...people who vote are too stupid to be allowed to choose a nominee?
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#57
When it comes to the democratic party, there is a fight for the soul of the party
Joe the Revelator
Jun 2016
#81
increasing the government size by 50% and the government controlling 40% of GDP is suicide.
BlueStateLib
Jun 2016
#79
Mostly because the party created a very non-democratic mechanism with super delegates .
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#2
Hillary's superdelegate support is not why Bernie is losing/will lose/has lost.
LuvLoogie
Jun 2016
#10
I understand but we will never know how much influence 400+ SDs declaring for HRC
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#17
Most of the public don't even know that unpledged delegates declared for anyone.
LiberalFighter
Jun 2016
#61
Hillary "won" with the help and dirty tricks from the Dem. Establishment, DNC's DWS, as
Cal33
Jun 2016
#56
How did the Democratic Party prevent Sanders' name from being in the public?
LiberalFighter
Jun 2016
#63
I agree , but in theory any and all the SDs who declared for HRC could vote differently
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#18
Pledged delegates aren't bound either, but nobody argues that they'll switch.
Garrett78
Jun 2016
#33
The Super delegates were lined up by the Hillary campaign before the campaign started.
-none
Jun 2016
#74
The point of gathering a yuuge crowd (thanks!) is to remind everyone there that we're still here.
Scootaloo
Jun 2016
#4
Obama had the most delegates and Clinton was much closer to him than Bernie is to her.
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#41
Your candidate was not that great in the debates. Remember the anger, red face and pointing?
anotherproletariat
Jun 2016
#12
right protesting those who are with you 90% of the time while giving a free pass to a candidate who
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#43
and she lost...as she should have...consider the supers like her and she lost
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#47
Why is it always Sanders supporters threatening going to the Green party or to write-in?
brush
Jun 2016
#59
Obama didn't have the majority of pledged delegates in 2008 and they called it for him.
joshcryer
Jun 2016
#27
So if she got to the number in NY, you don't call the nomination until June, to not suppress CA?
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#55
The media should call it when someone has the majority of Pledged Delegates
Eric J in MN
Jun 2016
#71
I think, the ego that truly cannot handle a loss to women, has to face his loss, needs mass of
seabeyond
Jun 2016
#35
I backed into Sanders as the only even remore possible alternative to Hillary Clinton
PufPuf23
Jun 2016
#75
I agree, it's not. So let's get rid of superdelegates altogether. Agreed?
Bread and Circus
Jun 2016
#66